The obvious way to combine strategies is to use leverage: for example, to reduce the market
risk of a momentum strategy as much as possible, to do the same thing with a value strategy, and then to borrow money at a low rate in order to get exposure to both.
Not exact matches
«With the US labor market recovery gaining
momentum, the hope for stronger global growth in 2014 is motivating investors to take on
risk,» said Kathy Lien, managing director
of FX
Strategy at BK Asset Management.
In their November 2017 paper entitled «
Risk Adjusted
Momentum Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances of five futures momentum strategies and two ben
Momentum Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances of five futures momentum strategies and two b
Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances
of five futures
momentum strategies and two ben
momentum strategies and two b
strategies and two benchmarks:
In their September 2016 paper entitled «
Risk - Managed Industry Momentum and Momentum Crashes», Klaus Grobys, Joni Ruotsalainen and Janne Aijo investigate the profitability of risk - managed industry momentum strateg
Risk - Managed Industry
Momentum and Momentum Crashes», Klaus Grobys, Joni Ruotsalainen and Janne Aijo investigate the profitability of risk - managed industry momentum str
Momentum and
Momentum Crashes», Klaus Grobys, Joni Ruotsalainen and Janne Aijo investigate the profitability of risk - managed industry momentum str
Momentum Crashes», Klaus Grobys, Joni Ruotsalainen and Janne Aijo investigate the profitability
of risk - managed industry momentum strateg
risk - managed industry
momentum str
momentum strategies.
While the other party leaders grapple with their own futures — Mr Clegg to hold on to his leadership; Mr Miliband to ponder whether he needs to adapt his «no
risk»
strategy to get into Number Ten; and Mr Cameron to try to deliver progress on EU reform sooner rather than later and to head off calls for an electoral pact with UKIP — Mr Farage has the luxury
of planning his next steps while
momentum is on his side.
In the absence
of foresight, a diversified
strategy that combines different information sources (fundamentals, value,
risk appetite and technicals), trading
strategies (
momentum and contrarian) and holding periods (daily, weekly and monthly) far outperforms narrower approaches over the longer term.
Swing Trading Bilateral Trade Setups Exploring Market Physics Pattern Cycles: Declines Reversals Tops Highs Trends Breakouts Bottoms Scanning Tips and Techniques The Profitable Trader Trading Execution Zone Trading with Stage Analysis 20 Golden Rules for Traders 20 Rules for Effective Trade Execution 20 Rules to Stop Losing Money Bottoms & Tops Adam & Eve & Adam Adam & Eve Tops Hell's Triangle Lowdown on Bottoms The Big W Corrections Anticipating a Selloff 5 Wave Declines Selling Declines Surviving Bear Markets Common Pitfalls
of Selling Short Indicators Bollinger Bands Tactics Five Fibonacci Tricks Fun with Fibonacci Moving Average Crossovers Overbought / Oversold Overload Time Trading Voodoo Trading Market Dynamics Clear Air Cutting Losses Effective Market Timing Exit
Strategies Greed and Fear Measuring Reward:
Risk Pattern Failure Playing Failed Failures Breakouts Breakout Trading Catch The Dow and Elliott Waves False Breakouts and Whipsaws Morning Gap
Strategies The Gap Primer Trend, Direction and Timing Trend Waves Triangle Trading Day Trading 3 - D Trade Execution Bid - Ask Pullback Day Trading Tale
of the Tape Tape Reading New Highs Mastering The
Momentum Trade
Momentum Cycles Uncharted Territory
The
risk side
of the equation must be addressed in detail, or the
momentum strategy will fail.
However, I have been reading «Dual
Momentum Investing: An Innovative
Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower
Risk» by Gary Antonaccy and his Dual
Momentum Strategy does not have any
of the negatives you just mentioned.
Ultimately, the equity investor will haul in a larger alpha catch by emulating the skilled fisherman: first, identifying a promising location (i.e., small cap stocks), then using multiple lines and hooks (i.e., implementing value,
momentum, and quality
strategies to exploit the chum
of risk and mispricing in each), and lastly, dangling the lure
of skilled active management to tease out the smallest trading costs possible.
In their November 2017 paper entitled «
Risk Adjusted
Momentum Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances of five futures momentum strategies and two ben
Momentum Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances of five futures momentum strategies and two b
Strategies: A Comparison between Constant and Dynamic Volatility Scaling Approaches», Minyou Fan, Youwei Li and Jiadong Liu compare performances
of five futures
momentum strategies and two ben
momentum strategies and two b
strategies and two benchmarks:
Putting the 12 individual
strategies together in a single portfolio6 delivers a package
of carry,
momentum, and value that provides the potential for strong absolute returns at moderate levels
of risk and leverage.
We began by borrowing from our Dynamic Asset Allocation
strategy the notion
of applying
momentum across
risk categories rather than within them as we have always done in Upgrading.
Smart beta
strategies capture the power
of factors — broad and historically rewarded drivers
of returns such as value (buying cheap) and
momentum (trending upward)-- to seek higher returns or lower
risk.
In the April 2013 version
of his paper entitled «Easy Volatility Investing» (the National Association
of Active Investment Managers» 2013 Wagner Award runner - up), Tony Cooper explores the rewards and
risks of five volatility trading
strategies including simple buy - and - hold, price
momentum, futures roll yield capture, volatility
risk premium capture and dynamic hedging.
You can do this through the use
of price action
strategies, a favorable
risk to reward ratio as well as trading with the
momentum.
The resulting collapse / convergence in global interest rates & spreads, the implacable compression & decline in volatility /
momentum, the restriction / regulation
of banks» proprietary
risk, numerous FX scandals, the replacement
of human traders by algo - trading, the near extinction
of FX & macro funds, all served to disrupt and suppress currency for return & dynamic hedging
strategies.
Accordingly, two predominant
risks characterize a
momentum strategy: substantial drawdowns, or crashes, and a crowded
momentum trade, which makes the trading costs high enough to obliterate the alpha
of the
strategy for the careless
momentum surfer.
The substantial
risk from these interrelated forces — drawdowns and the crowded trade — act as a very practical and meaningful deterrent to more widespread adoption
of a
momentum investing
strategy, even though it has been proven to be robustly profitable.
Being cognizant
of these
risks, how can an investor best exploit the insights
of a
momentum strategy?
Antonacci is author
of the award - winning book, «Dual
Momentum Investing: An Innovative
Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower
Risk» (McGraw - Hill, 2014).
«Building on the
momentum of our successful fixed income solutions — from total returns, to liability driven investments, to overlay
strategies — our Defensive
Risk Premia
strategy reinforces our deep expertise and relentless focus on alpha - generating
strategies,» says Richard Familetti, President and CIO, Ryan Labs.
There are
strategies targeting single
risk - factor exposure (e.g., value, low volatility,
momentum, quality, or size), those employing alternative weighting methods (e.g., fundamental, dividend, or equal weight) and a smaller, but expanding, set
of multifactor
strategies coming to market.